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Patented Aug. 9, 1881.

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EDWARD L. MORRIS, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,311, dated August9, 18 81.

Application filed April 11, 1881.

sheet of drawings my invention is illustrated.

Figure 1 is a side view, the internal con-.

struction being shown by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a sectionallongitudinal top view,showing thejunction of the head with the body ofthe creature.

In Fig. 1, ais the upper-jaw of the creature, hinged or pivoted to thebody at g. b is the underjaw, fixed firmly to thebody. The neck h of thecreature extends back of the pivot g and shutsintothebodywhenthejawaisopened. Against the neck h a spring, t', is caused to act, thesaid spring being coiled back into the body of the creature and fastenedat k.

0 represents a whisker or appendage pivoted to the fixed jaw 12, andserving as a catch to operate in connection with the jaw a. The catch 0is provided with a small spring, 112, which causes it to engage with thejaw a at a when the jaw a is forced open. The appendage 0, extendedwithin the throat of the creature, serves also to represent a tongue,and the part n, attached to the roof of the mouth, serves to represent agill or palate.

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and also serving to give the jaw a a more 0 steady support upon thepivot 9 than would be obtained by pivoting to the palate or centralsupport, a, alone.

The toy is held within the hand, convenientl y for operation, by itsrear parts, d d. Now, forcing open the jaw to until the catch 0 engageswith the same at a, the spring i acts against the neck h in such amanner as, when the catch 0 is released, to throw the jaw a violentlyupon its opposite jaw, b, thus imitating the action ofa living creaturein closing or snapping together its jaws, and thereby producing astartling and amusing effect.

I do not confine myself to the precise form of toy illustrated, as otherforms, hideous or attractive, as the case may be, can evidently be usedembodying the same invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A toy having the semblance of a creaturesjaws,a b, constructed tooperate in combination with the spring i, pivot g, and catch 0,substantially as set forth.

2. A toy having the semblance of a creatures jaws, a b, constructed tooperate as described, and provided with overlapping cheeks orjaw-supports o, substantially as stated.

3. A toy creature having jaws a 1), constructed to operate incombination with the spring t', pivot g, and catch 0, and having itsrear parts, at d, conveniently arranged to be grasped within the hand,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

EDWARD L. MORRIS.

Witnesses EDWIN W. BROWN, WM. S. BELLOWS.

